Garment-display fixture.



I. T. CLARK.

GAHIVIENI DISPLAY FIXTURE.

APPLICATION FILED IAN. 7. I`9I5.

Patented Feb. 5, 1918.

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ATTORNEY.

l. T. CLARK.

GARMENT DISPLAY FIXTURE.

APPucATloN min 1AN.7. 1915.

Patented Feb. 5, 1918.

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WI TNESSES:

JAMES T. CLARK, OF DETROIT, MICHIGAN, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF T0 GEORGE S. GRITMAN, OF DETROIT, MICHIGAN.

GARMENT-DI-SIPIAY FIXTURE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 5., Mild..

Application filed J' anuary 7, 1915. Serial No. 923.

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, J AMES T. CLARK, a

citizen of the United States, residing at Detroit, county of Wayne, State of Michi gan, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Garment-Display Fixtures, and declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the same, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it pertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to display fixtures for wearing apparel and its object isa device for holding a quantity of coats or other garments that is comparatively inexpensive and of simple construction 'and which occupies but little space in comparison to the numbervof garments stored thereon.

In many devices now in use for a similar purpose, the clothes are supported by hang` ers on racks which are pulledY out into the aisle-way to display the goods and that may be again returned to the original position to maintain the aisle-way free from obstruction. VWith applicants device the clothes hangers are mounted on revoluble supports of such form that clothing suspended therefrom by means of such hangers extends a greater radial distance upon one side than upon the other whereby in revolving the support the side ofv longer radius is brought to display position extending into the ailse-way, or, if the stand be placed in a cabinet, extending outside of the said cabinet wher-e they may be readily examined and, then, by simply turning the support on its axis, the clothing is removed from the aisleeway or returned within the cabinet as the case may be. Y

A further object of the invention is a form of support by means of which a greater number of garments may be carried than is possible with forms now generally in use. Another object of the invention is a display stand having two independent supportsv one directly over the other and both of the peculiar form above mentioned, whereby clothing on either the upper or lower support may be independently brought into view without disturbing the other support or garments thereon. These objects and the various novel features of construction by means of which they may be attained are hereinafter more fully described and claimed and shown in the accompany-4 ing drawings in which- Figure 1 is a front elevation of my improved display fixture positioned within a cabinet.

Fig. 2 is a side view of the fixture showing the cabinet in cross-section and illustrating how either support may be turned and the suspended garments brought into view.

' Fig. 3 is a section taken on line -a of Fig. l, showing my improved form of support by means of which a large number of garments may be carried and also showing clearly how rotation of the support may bring the garments out into an aisle-way or to such position that they extend out from the garments on similar racks on either side.

Fig. et is a. vertical section of the display ixture.

Fig. 5 is a plan view of the fixture showingthe upper and lower garment supports.

iig. 6 is a detail showing` the method of removably fastening the lower support to the stand.

Similar characters refer to similar parts throughout the drawings and specification.

The device is shown in detail in Fig. 4c, and consists of a comparatively heavy iron base 1, preferably secured in any approved manner to a wooden base member 2 of proper size to insure stability of the fixture. Secured centrally in the base member, 1 is a vertical rod 3 held from turning in the base by means of a set-screw 4f. ln the upper end of the base member 1 is formed a ball-race 5 and a similar ball-race 6 is secured to a tube 7 encircling the rod 3 and carrying at the upper end the garment supporting member 8. 4The weight of the mem ber 8 and garments thereon are thus carried by the ball-bearings on the base and the support is thus readily rotatable relative to the rod. `Secured to the rod 3 above the support 8 is another ball-race 9 held in po sition by a set-screw 10 and a ball-race 11 is provided attached to the tube 12 carrying the garment support 13 at the upper end thereof, and the garments on this support and the weight of the parts is all care riedby the ball-bearings between the raceways 9 and 11. By this arrangement the two garment supports are revoluble independently one of the other.

In some itis desired to hang long gan ments, such as an overcoat, from the upper support. In such instances it is necessary to remove the lower supporting member 8 and for this reason the supporting member 8 may be made removable from the stand as hereinafter shown. The supporting members 8 and 13 are tubular in cross-section and of U shape or horse-shoe formas shown in Figs. 3 and 5, and the radius of the circular part of the support is greater than the distance of the ends of the arms from the center of revolution allowing a considerable number of garments to be placed on the two ends of the support greater in number than the quantity possible ,of being supported on thel circular part. thereof, the garments lying parallel-fand close together as shown in Fig. 3 near'the ends of the support while a less number only may be carried in radial position .onthe circular part of the support.

The Vform of the support therefore enables a greater number of garments to be carried than if the support were in the form of a circle. YAlso by reason Yof the-two ends or arms of the support being less in length 'than the radius of the circular part, and

" also by reason of the garments. extending l the casemay be, todisplay position.

outward from said circular part in radial manner` simply rotating the support on its axis will bring` the garments out into an aisle-way or from within. the cabinet, as By arranging theV fixture with upper and lower supports, the lower support may be rotated t0 bring the garments thereon out from in under the garments on the upper support, 'thus makingY theml accessible without having tov reach under the upper garments. All of the garments are preferably suspended on the supports by hangers now commonly in use. Y

The supports are carried by arms 14, 14 etc., from a central hub 15 secured to the tubes 7 or 12 in either instance. If it be desir'ed to lncake the lower support removable,

as before stated. the hub may be made in the form shown .in Fig. 6, inkwhieh the arms 1-1 are eachsecured toV one-half of the split hub memberlG, the opposite hal-f 16aL being bolted tol thepart 16 and a set-screw provided by means of which the hub is secured to the L tube. By removing the part 16a the entire support may be removed from the stand.

copies of this patent .may baobtainedlqr a casing open in front, a vertically positioned standard therein, and a U shaped garment support rotatably mounted thereon, the standard being positioned forward of the vertical center line of the case whereby, upon revolution ofthe support, the garments upon the circular side thereof are brought outwardly from the case to View, and upon turning the open side of the support toward the front of the case the garments are positioned entirely therewithin.

2. A display fixture for wearing apparel and the like comprising a base member, a vertically positioned standard in xcd relation therewith, and a pair of vertically spaced, independently revoluble garment supports mounted thereon, said supports being U shaped in form substantially as and for the purpose described.

3. A garment fixture comprising a casing having a display side, a garment supporting member revolubly mounted therein, the garment support being adapted to hold the garments on the forward part thereofl parallel with the display side to present the fronts of the garments to View and the remaining part of the garment support being adapted to hold the garments in radial position about the center of revolution, the center of revolution of the support being forward of the center line of the ca sing whereby, upon turning the same, the radially positioned garments are brought outward through the display side of the case.

4l. In a display fixture for wearing apparel and the like, a substantially U shaped supporting member revolubie in a horizontal plane, said U shaped member enabling the garments to be carried in parallel relation at the ends thereof and in radial relation on the curved portion.

5. In a display fixture for wearing apparel and the like, a garment supporting member substantially U shaped in form revoluble in a horizontal pla nc, the center of the curved portion practically coinciding with the center of revolution, and the two ends of the support extending substantially parallel from the point of union with the curved portion allowing the garments supported therefrom tol lie substantially parallel from the said centerto the ends of the arms and to occupy a radial position about the circular portion 'of the support substantially shown and described.

In testimony whereof, I sign this specification in the presence of two witnesses.

' JAMES T. CLARK.

Witnesses:

CHARLES E. WISNER, RICHARD ALsrAs.

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